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this is outside of the hotel we stayed at in almería, its very hidden by the palm trees, but it was a grogeous hotel, very big and spacious. when my camera decided to work again, we were waiting for the bus, so the only picture of monito that i have is of him in the lobby of the hotel...at...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 25, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



"La vida Española es como el teatro"

In class today, we talked a lot about the differences between the cultures in the US, Japan, Norway, and Spain. Mostly between the US and Spain, there is one girl from Japan, and one girl from Norway in our class. My prof told us the way to really get our señoras to stop giving us food. She...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 17, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



weekend festivities

friday night we went for tapas again then one of my professors told us about free, outdoor, live music. we had no idea what to expect but decided to try it out. it ended up being this huge carnival with tons of little kids rides and bouncy things and a people selling jewelry and clothes and...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 13, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



Araaaabian nigghtts and...pants

A couple of days ago we went to an Arabic tea party. the place we went to was very cool. unfortunately i could not locate my camera while we were rushing out the door, but hopefully i will be able to get some pictures from someone else. we all got to sit on those pillow like chairs super...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 10, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



maiillll tiiiiime!

helllloooo hellloooo so even though I have my best friend here, I still get lonely. Actually, we both do. For the past few nights we have been pushing out beds together to make one big bed so there isn't two and a half feet between our beds. So! If anyone wants to send me mail, and it's a...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 7, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



Siestas and Fiestas

I’ve heard a lot about the siesta in spain, but never really thought too much about it. Siestas are real and are taken very very seriously here. From about 2-5 pm everything in Granada is closed. The few big stores that are kind of like macy’s and walmart are the only things open during this...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 5, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



first days of class

This was our first week of class that started yesterday. I go to class from 9-1 and half way through we switch professors. Both of my professors are really funny. There are 17 kids in my class. Everyone in my class is from the United States except for one girl is from Japan. We have been...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 4, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



end of london, beginning of spain

so the rest of london was amazing. liz and i decided to take our own tour (aka we slept in and missed the planned one) we went to westminster and Covent Garden. both places were spectacular. we saw big ben and parliment which were super cool. we also saw london bridge (is falling down :p) and...

permalink written by  Taryn Hawkins on September 1, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Granada



Saying Goodbye And Saying Hello

Having just been dropped off by Kat's mum and dad at Granada bus station we just had enough time to wipe away the tears before meeting Ben's pen friend of over ten years, Rosana Gonzales. It was only a swift meeting as we only had 15 minutes to meet, greet and leave for our 1.30 bus to...

permalink written by  Kat and Ben on June 9, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Kat & Ben's World Adventure



Granada Granada Granada (by Amber)

We arrived in Granada after a long night on the train. I didn´t sleep as well as I had thought I would but it probably had something to do with the guy across from me (not Trevor) staring at me and playing footsie´s with me, I actually had to tell him to back off. We moved seats later and I...

permalink written by  Trevor and Amber on May 13, 2009 from Granada, Spain
from the travel blog: Europe Trip



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